Service Updates & Upcoming Public Holidays – w/c 6th April

Here you will find the latest global service updates and a list of upcoming worldwide public holidays. This is updated throughout the week with latest information available.

Service Updates

Canada & USA – A number of factors have resulted in delays to mail processing at JFK, New York, these are: A change of Ground Handling Services for one of the airlines has caused a build up of mail. Continuing severe weather conditions along with a significant increase in mail volumes from China ahead of the Chinese New Year, has resulted in delays of at least 24 hours.

UPDATE: The weather surrounding JFK, New York, has not improved but USPS is continuing to work on resolving remaining mail handover issues with the new ground-handling company.
Throughout the period, the JFK mail hub has been accepting and processing all the mail it receives and USPS continues to deliver mail to all areas despite the bad weather impacting on normal services. USPS continue to work on processing the inbound mail volumes as quickly as possible. . Ongoing (issue start date: 02/02/15 – updated 23/03/15)

China – High volumes of mail arriving in Shanghai and Guangzhou are resulting in backlogs and capacity issues for China Post. Delays to mail services are likely. Ongoing (issue start date: 03/11/14)

Chile – Due to flooding in northern Chile, mail services will be delayed in the following areas for the next few days: Antofagasta, Tocopilla, Copiapó, Caldera, Tierra Amarilla, Chañaral, Diego de Almagro, Vallenar, Alto del Carmen, Freirina and Huasco.Ongoing (issue start date: 25/03/15)

Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania – Mail despatches to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are currently experiencing minor delays due to airline availability issues. As a result we anticipate a delay to mail services of an extra day due to the reduced flight availability. Ongoing (issue start date: 19/02/15)

French Polynesia – The post office responsible for mail delivery within French Polynesia (OPT PF) has stated that mail processing & delivery will be severely affected due to a labour strike that began on 1st April. Ongoing (issue start date: 01/04/15)

Germany – There are a range of strikes planned for Wednesday 8th April by the union Ver.di who report that upto 10,000 members will be taking part. Delays to mail handling, processing or delivery may be experienced. Ongoing (issue start date: 07/04/15)

Norway – Due to heavy snow in Oslo, delays are expected to all mail services in the area.Ongoing (issue start date: 25/03/15)